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LOT 3482
Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AR Crown. 1837-1901.
London mint. Dated 1887. Jubilee head type. Designs by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci. VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering on truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Bull 2585; ESC 296; SCBC 3921. Good Fine.(28.11gr, 39mm, 12h.).
Provenance
By inheritance; Property of a Lincolnshire lady.
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